SvC Chaos: SNK Vs Capcom/Violent Ken

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

洗脳されたケン, Brainwashed Ken
Category	Mid-Boss
Playstyle	Rushdown shoto
Difficulty	Mostly Easy
Max Mode Needed?	Much better with it
Tier Placement	Top Tier (S)
Standing Hitbox	Average
Crouching Hitbox	Short
Defense Modifier	248 (Player) / 200 (CPU)
Wall Jump	No

Introduction

Ken got kidnapped by Shadaloo (aka M. Bison's organization), got brainwashed, and has turned into a killing machine known as Violent Ken. Compared to normal Ken, who gives very little reason to pick him if at all, Violent Ken is one of the strongest shotos in the game with really strong offensive power, including a nifty forward teleporting dash special and even a tatsu that mimics the properties of the SF2: Hyper Fighting/Turbo tatsu that Ryu and Ken had. He sports strong juggles, effective ways to open the opponent up, and overall makes for one of the stronger boss characters as a solid top tier. He's harder than normal Ken for sure, but his unique appeal makes it very easy to have fun playing as him.

How to select Violent Ken (Outside of Super Plus)

• While you're in the character select screen, do those inputs, before the timer reaches 10 seconds:

• (While holding start, press) Up(2x), Down, Left(2x), Right, Left, Up

• Numpad notation: 88244648

• Console Method: Hold R1/RT above Vega

Strengths

Weaknesses

Mostly easy to play: If you already play Ken, who is an easy character to pick up already, then there's not much else to learn about V. Ken beyond his combos. Teleport dash that gives him free pressure/mixup windows: Approaching any character becomes much easier thanks to V. Ken's fast dash teleport. It's not only (mostly) safe, but can even cross-up the opponent and catch people off guard. Unique air tatsu based on SF2HF: V. Ken is the only shoto in the game with access to a horizontally moving air tatsu. It not only moves fast but can even move backwards off a back jump. Can juggle the opponent relatively easily: V. Ken's main super, qcb x2 K, is great for punishes and lets his juggle loops set themselves up. Regardless of whether you use max mode or not, this is worth practicing for better damage. Strong combo potential: Combined with arguably some of the best light confirms to utilize in the game, V. Ken's combo potential is flexible and highly rewarding both for neutral and off of punishes in any matchup. Max Mode is very useful, but not a requirement: Although V. Ken is much better off utilizing Max Mode for his most optimal combos, he can still do okay enough without it as he still does high damage and can work with his light confirms regardless. Shinryuken is no longer an Exceed: Shinryuken is now a regular super, no longer tied to a one use Exceed per match, increasing its usability. Overall better Exceed than Vanilla Ken: Unlike vanilla Ken, V. Ken's Exceed is a fast ranbu which has far more practical ways to use and combo into it, and with really high damage to boot, makes for an excellent combo ender. One that gives Violent Ken death combos off of his regular BnBs. A better Ken than Vanilla Ken: Nearly everything normal Ken can do, Violent Ken can also do and better, as well. Violent Ken only lacks a few things compared to normal Ken, but because both characters have so much overlap, you don't lose much by not picking normal Ken. Really, he has no identity in this game because Violent Ken is everything normal Ken lacks.

Worse health than Vanilla Ken: Ken already has mediocre health, but V. Ken takes it the extra mile by turning him into a glass cannon, so V. Ken can't afford many mistakes in neutral before losing the round. Bad projectile: You're playing V. Ken wrong if you play him like a traditional shoto and try to zone with his fireball. Though it has some use, it's unremarkable as a projectile. Mediocre movement: With a slow walking speed and a weaker jump arc than most characters, V. Ken has to dash more often or use his teleport dash to catch up to his opponent, as his normal movement is fairly sluggish without those tools. In a movement heavy game and against opponents who have access to better movement options than V. Ken does, this becomes very problematic and hampers V. Ken's potential for rushdown. Air Tatsu can't extend combos: Being unique as it is, hitting only horizontally, you can't use air tatsu to start combos with unlike the other shotos. Teleport only travels one direction: His teleport dash, albeit still important to his gameplay, can only move V. Ken forwards which limits his potential use for it. Worst off, this makes him pretty predictable even if a solid character. Harder to play if you cannot hit confirm off lights: V. Ken can do some combos with his heavy attacks, but has overall fewer options compared to using light starters. cl.C into db.D isn't a good option either unless you either get a backhit or have meter to burn for super. You'll be doing a lot of DPs: V. Ken's most important tools overall for neutral and combos, his DP and teleport dash, basically means you need to be able to do consistent DPs repeatedly into each other. While not difficult, it can be tiring to do if you're not somewhat clean with your DP inputs. Most damaging combos locked behind Max Mode: V. Ken can TOD the opponent with Max Mode, and his normal loops in general deal huge damage. Although his normal BnBs also deal high damage, they're limited without burning meter, especially without his juggle loops.

SVC Chaos: SNK VS Capcom Frame Data Glossary
Damage	How much damage the attack does. This takes into account no defense modifiers, so the damage assumes a 0% damage modifier, or in other words the average defense modifier of 223 against characters like Kyo and Ryu. Note: Damage is a little inconsistent. Example: Geese cl.A deals 5 damage. Against Zero, sometimes it does 5 pixels of damage to his life bar, other times it does 4 pixels. Against Ryu, cl.A does 4 pixels of damage, other times it does 3 pixels of damage. This info comes from the Enterbrain Mook, but most likely this is the cause of damage modifiers skewing the damage slightly, thus making it a bit inconsistent. Damage values listed are pulled from the SVC Chaos Enterbrain Mook, save Athena, Red Arremer, Serious Mr. Karate and Shin Akuma. It is listed because it's an official source for this info, just keep in mind damage is not 1-to-1 due to varying health values and screwy ways the game calculates damage anyways. There will be a question mark next to the four mentioned characters because it's only a guess as to what the actual damage values are (until health and damage are better understood), since they were never gathered in the Mook. Unfortunately, when doing attacks, the numbers dealt in damage do not match up with the mook. As an example, Geese's cl.C does 16 damage according to the mook, but against characters like Zero, it only does 14-15 damage, and very rarely it does 16 damage. Against Ryu, it does 12-13 damage at most. But against Orochi Iori, it also does 14-15 damage, and very rarely it does 16 damage. The mook does not explain how the numbers are obtained either, or against who they're tested against, if anyone. In other words, how these numbers were obtained if not through data mining is a mystery in itself, but it can be best assumed it was against 255 defense modifier characters, and at the max damage possible. Lastly, moves like Geese cl.D, though it says 10x2 for the damage, which is true, damage scaling reduces total damage on the second hit. Max Mode also reduces damage dealt by roughly half at most.
Counter Damage	How much damage the attack does on a counter hit, or when it connects with an opponent while they're performing an attack. Counter damage values listed are pulled from the SVC Chaos Enterbrain Mook, save Athena, Red Arremer, Serious Mr. Karate and Shin Akuma.
Guard	Where the attack hits, and thus where it must be blocked. Mids can be blocked standing and crouching Overheads must be blocked standing Lows must be blocked crouching Unblockable cannot be blocked Throws break through block up-close
Guard Crush	How much guard meter damage the attack does to the green Guard Gauge.
Stun	How many points of stun the attack adds to the opponent's invisible Stun Gauge.
Meter	How much meter is gained for performing/landing the attack. Special moves earn meter both when activated and when they connect with the opponent, whether it hits them or they block it.
Cancel	The type of cancel the attack can perform. Any - All cancel types work Ch - Chain cancel; it can chain into other attacks (mostly just lights) Self - Can chain only into itself Cmd - Command cancel; can cancel into command normals Sp - Special cancel; can cancel into special moves, and almost always this means super cancels are possible too Su - Super cancel; can cancel into super moves Free - Free cancel; can be cancelled in Max Mode by other special moves or super moves Written only for special moves as all normals can be Free Cancelled, so writing it in for every move would be redundant X - Cannot be cancelled, either outside of Max Mode or that it cannot be cancelled at all
Startup	How many frames it takes before the move becomes 'active' or has a hitbox. The SVC Chaos wiki uses classic startup notation, which does not include the first active frame. A move with 3 startup becomes active on frame 4. Super and Exceed startup will calculate both the frames before and after the super flash animation as such: X+Y, with X being the startup frames before the flash animation and Y being the startup frames after the flash animation. The startup will not take into account the frames of the flash animation itself where time freezes and the opponent player cannot act. Super flashes last 28 frames, whereas Exceed flashes last 27 frames. Because there is currently no way to view throw boxes, it is assumed that throws/command grabs are at most 0-1 frames of startup. Truthfully, we don't actually know though.
Active	How many frames a move remains active (can hurt opponents) for. Consecutive sets of active frames on a multi-hit move are separated by a comma. (Example: 3, 4 - The attack has its first hitbox for 3 frames, then the second hitbox for 4 frames) If there is a gap between sets of active frames, the gap is denoted by a number in parentheses. (Example: 3, (2), 4 - The attack is active for 3 frames, then is not active for the next two frames, followed by being active again for 4 frames.) Throw boxes are not visible either through dipswitches or the hitbox viewer so it's only a guess how active throws and command grabs are, but it's probably one active frame at most. This also applies to hitbox images - they will still show the push and hurtboxes of characters but outside of that, unfortunately there is no way to depict the throw boxes at the moment.
Recovery	How many frames it takes for a move to finish after it's been active.
Total	The total number of frames the attack lasts on screen for. This adds up the startup, active, and recovery frames into one number.
Hit/Block Adv	These are frame advantage values when the attack hits or is blocked. If the number is positive, then the move will end before the defender can act again. If the number is negative, the defender will be able to act before the attacker and maybe even punish. SKD refers to a soft knockdown, or a knockdown you can tech roll out of. HKD refers to a hard knockdown, one that you cannot tech roll out of. All frame advantages assume Ryu as the opponent. If there are variable wakeup times, it is currently unknown info. Also assume that on soft knockdowns, the frame advantage is when the opponent does not tech roll. If needed, a second frame advantage will be added next to it for when they do tech roll. Frame advantages of projectiles assumes the opponent is point blank range. Any farther and this obviously changes and/or doesn't matter. Block advantage assumes no use of Guard Cancel Front Step. For one, it obviously decreases the attacker's frame advantage significantly. When the defender uses GCFS is also a variable factor so you cannot provide a hard answer as to what the frame advantage is after GCFS, as well as how soon they cancel GCFS into an attack. Generally speaking, just assume the block advantage minus the active frames of GCFS (18 frames), and that's a rough estimate of the frame advantage when GCFS is performed. Do keep in mind that GCFS technically has a slight delay when the dash is performed even if you register the input as early as possible. This doesn't really matter in most cases, since the attacker will automatically be quite minus after most attacks. It would only matter in situations where the attacker can punish GCFS attempts like with throws or multi-hit attacks, but even then, that's because the attacker canceled the blocked attack into another attack that the frame advantage of the blocked attack after GCFS no longer matters in that situation. All that matters, then, is the attack is cancelable at all.
Invulnerability	Indicates whether there's any frames of invulnerability during the attack.

Move List

Normal Moves

Close Normals

cl.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
5	6	Mid	8	5	6	Any	3	5	5	13	+2	+0	-
Not that good for Light Attack chains, because it will whiff against some characters. Normal cancellable.

cl.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
5	6	Mid	8	5	6	Cmd, Sp, Su	4	4	8	16	+0	-2	-
Good for Light Attack chains, but as a ender. You can't chain this move into itself, or other Light Attacks.

cl.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
18	24	Mid	16	18	12	Cmd, Sp, Su (1st only)	4	2, 5, 4	10	25	-1	-3	-
Use this normal in combos. Can be easily cancelled into almost all of Ken's Special/Super Moves.

cl.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
18	24	Mid	16	18	12	Free (Sp only)	5	4	15	24	+1	-1	-
Like cl.C, but it's a knee, and cannot be cancelled.

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
6	7	Mid	9	6	6	Any	5	4	4	13	+4	+2	-
Good poking move. It's a incredible one just because it doesn't whiff against low crouching characters. Can be normal cancelled, and even chained into itself.

st.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
6	7	Mid	9	6	6	Free	7	6	7	20	-1	-3	-
Can be useful as an anti-air, though DP is usually better. Cannot be cancelled.

st.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	7	2	19	28	-1	-3	-
Fast, but not that useful. Will whiff against low crouching characters unlike st.A, and cannot be normal cancelled.

st.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	10	5	28	43	-13	-15	-
Ken's poke with the best reach. Won't whiff against low crouching characters and is also punishable on hit with relatively fast attacks. Can't be normal cancelled.

Crouch Normals

cr.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	16	+0	-2	-
Just a little punch that is useful as a poke. Has a little more reach than st.A. Can be normal cancelled, chains into itself, and even other Light Attacks.

cr.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Low	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	15	+0	-2	-
A kick that hits low. Good to use in Light Attack chains, but as a starter. Can be normal cancelled, and chained into itself.

cr.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	5	1, 1, 6	20	33	-8	-10	-
Another anti-air. Can be normal cancelled. You can use this in combos instead of cl.C if necessary.

cr.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Low	-	-	-	-	11	2	22	35	SKD	-6	-
The Shoto's sweep. Can be used as a low poke. You can actually cancel this move, so if you need meter, cancel it into a Projectile/DP/Tatsu, or for the block pressure. Fireball is the safest choice, so default to that.

Jumping Normals

nj.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral Jumping Attack Can be used as a neutral jump-in attack for combos.

j.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-
Diagonal Jumping Attack Can be used as a jump-in attack, but Ken has better options for that.

nj.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral Jumping Attack Kick aiming up. Good to use if your opponent has a high jump.

j.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-
Diagonal Jumping Attack One of Ken's jump attacks for crossup combos, and it's very easy to combo after it. Ken has better options for crossup attacks, but that doesn't mean that you can't use this move.

nj.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral Jumping Attack Almost the same as j.C, but aiming a little for the ground.

j.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-
Diagonal Jumping Attack Punch for jump-in attacks. Good damage on this one.

nj.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral Jumping Attack An air-to-air defensive move.

j.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
Diagonal Jumping Attack Useful as an air-to-air, jump-in, and for crossup combos. Use either this or j.B for crossup combos.

Command Normals

Inazuma Kakato Wari
f.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	21	4	20	45	+5	+3	-
Ken's overhead kick. It's a little fast, but you cannot cancel it(Outside of Max Mode). Do it mostly on the opponent's wakeup. You can max cancel his normals into this move, but you can't connect them.

Kurubushi Kick (cr.MK)
db.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Low	-	-	-	-	4	4	11	19	+5	+3	-
The Shoto's classic cr.MK. Ken has the fastest cr.MK between the Shotos in this game(It is so fast that he can link two cr.MKs), which is good for him and his combos. It hits low too.

Throws

Throw

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
24	24	Throw	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Throw

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
24	24	Throw	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Guard Cancel Blowback
on Block

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
0	0	Mid	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Hadou Ken
qcf P

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
qcf A	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	15	~	41	56	-9	-11	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
qcf C	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	15	~	43	58	-11	-13	-
Ken's regular projectile, but it is purple now(Probably to match with the Psycho Power). No changes between Ken/V.Ken(Meaning that this move is still bad). The button pressed will determine the speed of the projectile.

Shouryuu Ken
dp P

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
dp A	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	3	4, 11	26	44	SKD	-20	1F~3F (startup)
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
dp C	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd= SKD	-	-
A regular DP. The C version has purple flames, and more invincibility frames. Use the A version as an anti-air, and the C version on combos, as it can be max canceled into supers, and even into itself(You'll see that later, and the regular Ken can do the same thing, in an easier way).

Rasetsu Kyaku
dp K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
dp B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
dp D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
V.Ken's new teleport move, which resembles Yang's. It is a dash teleport, and has some invincibility frames on the startup(Only). You can pass through your opponent while Ken gets invisible, but when he appears again(At the end of the move), the opponent will be pushed instead. There is a Max Mode loop using this move too.

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
qcb K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
qcb B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
qcb D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken's regular tatsu. The button pressed will determine how many hits it will do. Better when used on the corner(You'll get more hits in there). Can be used as an anti-air as well.

Kuuchuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
j.qcb K

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
j.qcb B	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
j.qcb D	-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
V.Ken's unique horizontal tatsu. The direction the tatsu will go depends of the jump(If you jump backwards, Ken will move backwards. If you jump forward, Ken will move forward. If you neutral jump, Ken will move forward as well). You can't do many things with it(V.Ken can't cancel air normals, and you can't combo after it, unlike the other Tatsus), so use this one as an air-to-air move only, or as an runaway move.

Kama Barai Geri
hcf B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
One of Ken's "Geri" moves. It is cool to use, but Ken has better options. It will whiff on most crouching chars as well. You can max cancel it too.

Nata Otoshi Geri
hcf D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The best "Geri", in my opinion. It does two hits, where the first will hit any character, and the second will whiff on small hitboxes.

Oosoto Mawashi Geri
hcf BD

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Just a kick, and the worst "Geri" move, in my opinion. You can anti-air with it, but the DP is just better. It will knock the opponent down, so you can't combo after it. (Important note: All of the "Geri" moves can be max canceled, but you can't cancel a "Geri" move into another "Geri" move.)

Inazuma Kakato Wari
Hold K After Any Geri

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken will do his f+B Command Move. Dunno if it's useful, because it won't combo after the "Geri" moves.

Super Moves

Shinryuu Ken
qcf x2 K, Mash Buttons

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
30x9~16	32	Mid	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The regular Ken's Exceed, but with less damage, because it is a Super now(But you can mash the kick buttons to get more damage and hits!). It has the same properties(Without assuming the damage nerf), but it is cooler now. You can use this as a damaging anti-air as well. For combos, this move is better when used after the Super below.

Kuzuryuu Reppa
qcb x2 K

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
30x19	32	Mid	0	0	0	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
V.Ken's Super for combos. It is like a Jinrai-Kyaku + Shoryu-Reppa mix that will leave the opponent on a juggle state. You can follow it up with the Super above(You don't even need to move, just do the super's input), but it will cost you 2 bars; the regular DP(Use the Heavy one, and make sure you get at least 2 hits, because this Super + DP+C is a setup for a Max Mode loop), and even confirm the Exceed(Time well for that).

Exceed

Shinbu Messatsu

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	G. Crush	Stun	Meter	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Invulnerability
0+(3x10)+112	0, 3, 112	Mid	0	0	0	X	1+10	22	17	50	HKD	+0	1F-11F (Full body invul during startup), 12F-16F (First 5 frames of active)
Violent Ken rushes towards the opponent, and after connecting, V. Ken does a quick series of punches and kicks, finishing with a strong uppercut that emanates an energy-infused skull pillar, similar to what shows after Rugal performs a God Press. V. Ken will then land, exhausted. If the opponent doesn't front step the super, then V. Ken is safe when using Exceed. Or even if it whiffs, say if he drops it during mid juggle, he is usually safe if the opponent doesn't tech their landing. Does a whole health bar's worth of damage to the opponent. By itself, it's just a beefed up ranbu super that isn't anything special, beyond having i-frames at the start of it. What makes the Exceed noteworthy is its ease-of-use to add into V. Ken's combos and, more importantly, effectively unlock BnB death combos to his kit or otherwise extremely damaging combos. Easiest way for V. Ken to combo it is off of his qcb x2 K super. From here he can combo directly into Exceed, which is a little harder to time but still rewarding or do a couple max mode loops then cancel a DP into Exceed, the latter of which results in death combos off of (basically) every confirm. If you can already do V. Ken's highest damage BnBs or juggle loops in general, you can combo into Exceed. Immensely rewarding like Kim's Exceed, drastically helps alleviate V. Ken's reliance on meter at least for one round.

Strategy

Basic Strategy

V.Ken's gameplan

Violent Ken is a great "In your face" character, like the regular version. You'll want to do many stylish(And damaging) combos on the opponent, because your character is strong, and cool. But without meter, he can't do many things, sadly, and that's why you'll need to save it for the Max Mode, and/or for a big Kuzuryu-Reppa punish. To anti-air, just use the DP+A, it is one of the safest(And best) things on Ken's arsenal. For the Exceed, no worries, really. You can confirm it easily. That's it, Good Luck with him.

Advanced Strategy

(Important note: Most of the things here are in the regular Ken's section as well, but with some little changes)

Double Shoryuken cancel

This is a tech that you should learn for V.Ken's advanced combos(It's a good way to spend meter). The Double Shoryuken cancel is a very important thing in his game(Isn't unique for him, he isn't the only character that can link more than one DP in one combo), but it's a little tricky to do. This can be called "Double", but you can repepat it many times, but based in your Max Mode gauge. Now, "How can I do it?" First, V.Ken must not have the ability to use his Exceed(If you assume you are in a real match, you can either be with the yellow life, or you can even spend your Exceed before you try this). Now, Ken must be in Max Mode(You should open your training mode while you read this). Now, do a DP+C, and as you already know, it does 3 hits(And we don't need the 3rd hit). Now, the tricky part begins. First, try to "cancel" the first hit of the DP+C into a HCB+PP(Normally, if you had the Exceed avaliable, you would combo into the Exceed. It's like Kim's Haki cancel, if you know what I mean). You can be asking: "Is this a special move?" No, this isn't even a move, it's just part of the trick. Now, after you "canceled", did V.Ken flash? If not, I'm sorry, because you missed. If yes, that's fine, but that's only the easiest part. Now, try to, after the "cancel", do another DP+C on your opponent by canceling the second hit of the DP. V.Ken will do another DP+C, and remember that in Max Mode, you can Supercancel the DP+C, leading to more damaging combos! But sadly, you can't do DP into Exceed, because you must not have the Exceed avaliable to use this tech... I know, it's hard to do, but with practice, you can master this technique. (Important note: This thing is a little easier to perform with the regular Ken.)

Combos

SVC Chaos: SNK VS Capcom Quick Combo Notation Guide

cl. = close normal st. = standing/far normal cr. = crouching normal f.; etc. = forward direction (NOT far) X = any button CH = counter hit , = Used to separate attacks in the combo / = Separates different options for the combo (mainly different starters or enders that are possible) Unless otherwise stated (such as it's a link or you need to delay the attack), assume this is a chain/cancel. Example: cr.B, cr.A, dp A ; cr.B chains into cr.A, then cr.A cancels into dp A [b]~f = Indicates to charge back (or downback), then press forwards for the given special move ( ) = Parentheses used to indicate the attack(s) within the parentheses are optional to add to the combo (C) = Indicates a free cancel, aka a cancel only possible in Max Mode (SC) = Indicates a super cancel via free canceling in Max Mode (1) = Used to indicate how many hits of the attack should connect (or less than) before continuing with the combo Example: cl.C(1), hcb P means that only one hit of cl.C should be performed before moving on to do hcb P, not more than one hit [ ] = Used to distinguish combo loops or combo starters/etc. in case a certain attack is only possible after specific options xN = Repeat the given loop for as many times as either possible or as many times as you wish May change to numpad notation much later down the road.

Starters

Starters

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
cr.B, cr.A	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Standard light confirm that allows V. Ken to combo into the majority of his BnBs.
cr.B, cl.B	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Fast light confirm so it's a bit harder to confirm off of as opposed to just cr.B, cr.A. Also requires V. Ken be close enough to land cl.B or he ends up doing st.B instead. Usually not an issue but worth noting.
cr.B x1-3, db.D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Reserved mainly for supers, possible to do 4 cr.Bs in the corner and maybe midscreen. 4 cr.Bs requires super strict timing but might also result in the super dropping, regardless.
cr.B x1-2, cr.A, db.D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Mainly for supers since the db.D can make V. Ken's specials whiff.
cr./cl.C, db.D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Similar to the light starter variant using this command normal, but with a heavy starter instead. Pushback remains an issue so use this for confirming into super mainly.
db.D, db.D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	2 frame where V. Ken can link a second db.D off of itself. Needs to be very close to the opponent for it to connect, no real use for it but it's there.

BnB Combos

Note: For any tatsu combo, it's better if you use the B version on midscreen, because it is safer, and the D version in the corner, for more hits.

BnB Combos

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
(j.X,) cr.B, cr.A, dp P	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	A simple but effective combo with a low starter. If using a jump-in, unless it crosses up, don't add another Light after the cr.B, since both DPs will whiff if the opponent is pushed too far back. Default to dp A only if you're unsure the combo will connect.
(j.X cross-up,) cl./cr.C, dp C	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	This one is for punishing purposes.
(j.X,) cl./cr.C, db.D, qcb K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	This is the most damaging thing you can do with the tatsu. Good for punishing too.
(j.X,) cr.B, db.D, qcb K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	The most effective tatsu combo, which starts with a low-hitting move. In the corner, you add more cr.Bs.
(j.X,) cl./cr.C, hcf D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Cool combo, but risky to use on small characters because it can whiff.
(j.X,) cr.B, hcf D	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Just a combo starting with a low. V.Ken can do better things.

Super Combos

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
(j.X,) cr.B, qcf x2 K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Just a simple confirm. You can add another cr.B, but this will make part of the super whiff. To get more damage, switch the cr.B with a cl./cr.C.
(j.X,) cl./cr.C, (db.D,) qcb x2 K, Reset	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	A cool combo which does almost 50% in damage. Use this in case you don't have meter to do a Shinryuken after the super. Serves as the basis of his Max Mode loops, also. To time the dp, you'll want the opponent to be pretty close to V.Ken and close to the ground as well, almost as they're about to land. Additionally, while not necessary, you can hold back for a bit after the super, and just after V.Ken microwalks backwards, you can do DP and it will give you the right timing to land DP. Important note: V.Ken side switches when super connects in the corner.
(j.X,) cl./cr.C, (db.D,) qcb x2 K, (delay) dp C	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	V.Ken's way to combo into anything he wants. You can do 2 cr.Bs instead of the cl.C, db.D, if you want a low starter, and those 3 options are the best follow-ups for the Super. You should learn each one, because they are all useful depending on the situation. Use DP+C when you don't have meter, and if you like Max Mode loops, you should learn the timing to get at least the first hit of it. QCF(2x)+K is risky, because you'll lose meter, but you'll make the opponent lose one health bar which also gives them Exceed. The Exceed is mainly for punishing, thanks to the incredible damage. You can confirm it with a Max Mode loop, but in case you don't have Max Mode, you can just use it alone.
(j.X,) Starter, (db.D,) qcb x2 K, qcf x2 K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) Starter, (db.D,) qcb x2 K, Exceed	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) cl./cr.C, (db.D,) Exceed	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(j.X,) cr.B, cr.A, (db.D,) Exceed	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	This is an easy confirm. If doing a front hitting jump-in, omit db.D as it makes Exceed whiff. db.D will not make Exceed whiff if done after a cross-up. db.D will not cause problems in the corner but test it against other characters first as there could be proximity issues that cause Exceed to whiff after db.D hits. If you're really struggling to do the combo, particularly with db.D, use the button hold trick and/or super motion shortcuts, but if you play KOF regularly, then it shouldn't be much of a problem.

Max Mode Combos

Max Mode Combos

Combo	Position	Damage	Stun	Difficulty	Notes
(j.X,) cl.C/cr.B, cl.B, dp C(2), (double dp cancel,) qcb x2 K, any possible follow-up	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	This one is regular Ken's Max Mode BnB, but better, thanks to the juggle after the super. You can get damage easily after the super, with something like: Shinryuken, or even DP+C into Exceed, V. Ken's most damaging option.
Any combo into qcb x2 K, [dp C(2), (C)dp B,]xN, qcf x2 K	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	V. Ken's Max Mode loop, and also the best V.Ken combo. If you don't like loops, stick with the above. This combo deals more damage, however. If you can do dp C off of super, which is one of his BnB combos, you can most likely do this combo. Don't use dp D, it crosses up. And as with his BnB, remember that super side swaps in the corner.
Any combo into qcb x2 K, [dp C(2), (C)dp B,]xN, Exceed	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	V. Ken's Max Mode loop, and also the best V.Ken combo. If you don't like loops, stick with the above. This combo deals more damage, however. If you can do dp C off of super, which is one of his BnB combos, you can most likely do this combo. Don't use dp D, it crosses up. And as with his BnB, remember that super side swaps in the corner.